Online alternative / virtual assessments (resit exam, redo in-course assessment and online referral exam) process flow and guidance

 

This process is required for the resit exam or redo in-course assessments that using assignment, Quiz, and perhaps take-home exams.

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Process Flowchart - Online Referral Exam

All lecturers, exam unit, admin and assessment teams should know this process flow:

 

Roles and tasks for online alternative assessment:

 


Resit exam:

Exam unit team have to do the following steps:

Step 1 - Search for the required course (folder) using the following course naming:

Module name (module code -resit) like : Multimedia Applications (AINT001-4-2-MMAP-Resit)

Step 2 - Enroll the referral students as student role.

Step 3 - Enroll the allocated lecturer from HoS as lecturer role to allow her/him to add the exam question and mark the submissions.

Enroll the students and the lecturer to the right groups if they exist or add the required groups as following:

  • Section group: Month year group like: Jan 2021

  • Resit exam group: Month year resit exam like : Jan 2021 resit exam

Step 4 - Restrict access for the section in the main page of the course (folder) based on group:

  • Section or topic restrict access is required to block the student from viewing other sections or topics in the course (folder).

i) Click on Turn Editing on at the top right of the page.

ii) Navigate to the section you want to restrict, click Edit then click Edit topic.

iii) Click on Restrict access.

iv) Click on Add restriction.

v) Select the type of restriction you will set

vi) Add or remove restrictions based on scenario.

vii) Confirm your settings and then click on Save Changes.

Step 5 - Add Quiz as resit exam with restrict access for activity for referral students group only which can be viewed by targeted students for this resit exam only and the other students in the course can’t view this activity as the following settings:

Restrict access based on group and exam date and time (start and due date).

i) Navigate to the activity (while “Turn on editing” is still active) and select edit then click on edit settings.

ii) Scroll down to Restrict Access and select Add restriction.

a) Set the Date.

b) Set the Group.

Step 6 - Send email for the lecturer to add the questions to the resit exam activity (assignment) which includes:

  • Module name and code

  • Date and time of the resit exam

  • Link for this course (folder)

  • involved student in this resit exam

Step 7 - Send email for the involved students which includes:

  • Module name and code

  • Date and time of the resit exam

  • Link for this course (folder)


The lecturer has to do the following:

  1. Access the course as exam unit sent

    1. Make sure that you can view the related section and activity

    2. Add the questions for the added activity if it is assignment type or remove the assignment activity then add Quiz or the desired activity for resit exam and keep the same restrict rules that entered by exam unit as following:

    3. Restrict access has to be based on two conditions:

      1. Resit exam group like: Jan 2021 Resit exam

      2. Exam date and time duration: 09 Jan 2021

    4. Change the setting for the activity like:

      1. Grade

         

         

      2. Rubric

         

         

         

         

         

      3. Originality Report Options

         

      4. Allow submissions from. This stops students from submitting before the shown date but it doesn't hide the assignment and any included instructions or materials.

      5. Remind me to grade by. A date needs to be entered here in order for the assignment to display on the teacher's Course overview block and in the Calendar. It will display when at least one student has submitted.

    5. Notify the Exam unit that the questions are added to the activity with the correct configuration.

    6. Mark the submission after the student submitted the answers

    7. Notify admin teams to extract the marked scripts

 


Redo assessment or in-course:

Admin team has to follow the below steps :

Search for the required course (folder) using the following course naming:

Step 1 - Module name (module code -resit) like : Multimedia Applications (AINT001-4-2-MMAP-Resit)

Enrol the referral students as student role.

Step 2 - Enrol the allocated lecturer from HoS as lecturer role to allow her/him to add the exam question and mark the submissions.

Enrol the students and the lecturer to the right groups if they exist or add the required groups as following:

Section group: Month year group like: Jan 2021

In-course redo group: Month year resit exam like : Jan 2021 in-course redo

Step 3 - Restrict access for the section in the main page of the course (folder) based on group:

Section or topic restrict access is required to block the student from viewing other sections or topics in the course (folder).

Need to restrict access for the month of the submission group like: Jan 2021

Step 4 - Add an assignment as in-course redo with restrict access for activity for referral students group only which can be viewed by targeted students for this resit exam only and the other students in the course can’t view this activity.

Enter the exact date and time under timing section for the exam

Restrict access has to be based on group and exam date and time (start and due date).

 

 

 

Step 5 - Send email for the lecturer to add the questions to the resit exam activity (assignment) which includes:

  • Module name and code

  • Date and time of the resit exam

  • Link for this course (folder)

  • involved student in this resit

Step 6 - Send email for the involved students which includes:

Module name and code

Date and time of the resit exam

Link for this course (folder)

 


The lecturer has to do the following:

  1. Access the course as admin teams sent

    1. Make sure that you can view the related section and activity

    2. Add the questions for the added activity if it is assignment type or remove the assignment activity then add Quiz or the desired activity for in-course redo and keep the same restrict rules that entered by admin as the following:

    3. Restrict access has to be based on two conditions:

      1. in-course redo group like: Jan 2021 in-course redo

      2. Exam date and time duration: 09 Jan 2021 (start and due date).

    4. Change the setting for the activity like:

      1. Grade

         

      2. Rubric

         

         

         

         

         

         

      3. Originality Report Options

         

         

         

         

      4. Allow submissions from. This stops students from submitting before the shown date but it doesn't hide the assignment and any included instructions or materials.

      5. Remind me to grade by. A date needs to be entered here in order for the assignment to display on the teacher's Course overview block and in the Calendar. It will display when at least one student has submitted.

         

         

         

      6. and other setting

    5. Notify the Exam unit that the questions are added to the activity with the correct configuration.

    6. Mark the submission after the student submitted the answers

    7. Notify admin teams to extract the marked scripts

  1. If you have any issue related to online resit assessment, sen an email to the Exam Unit: "Exam_Unit_Admin" eu_admin@apu.edu.my
  2. If you have any issue related to online redo assignment, send an email to admin: "APU Academic Administration Team" admin@apu.edu.my

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